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The Manufacture of Knowledge: An Essay on the Constructivist and Contextual Nature of Science

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This study is a realist enterprise, an attempt to truly represent the social order of life in laboratories and institutes of research, just as they are. By bringing the philosophical issues to the surface as matters not of prejudgement but as matters of concerns, Karin Knorr-Cetina has developed the first really positive challenge to the philosophy of science since the days of paradigms and internal definitions of meanings. The anthropological approach is the central focus of this study.

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Karin Knorr Cetina

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Karin Knorr-Cetina (also Karin Knorr Cetina) (born 19 July 1944 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian sociologist well known for her work on epistemology and social constructionism, summarized in the books The Manufacture of Knowledge: An Essay on the Constructivist and Contextual Nature of Science (1981) and Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge (1999).

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April 16, 2025
Super interessante acompanhar Cetina, uma antropóloga em meio ao laboratório - uma etnografia irada pra se pensar a Antropologia da Ciência e seus desdobramentos. Um convite foda também pra gente das humanas pensar como eles e nós fazemos nossas pesquisas. Ø que temos em comum?
Fiquei muito triste que não temos tradução pro português porque certamente iria dar esse livro pro meu pai químico ex chefe de laboratório pra ver as reações hahahahhaha.
Cara, que show. Sempre me sinto mais viva quando leio etnografias. Soraya tem um ponto, é muito gostoso poder ler uma etnografia inteira e não de forma picada, como a gente costuma fazer na graduação.
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